drifting in circles // demo

- game is work in progress & i'm trying to release it asap, but my wrists are currently unusable and i have to wait for them to heal :/ -

you're back home, everything has changed, but so have you. a queer visual novel about a trans girl navigating gender and sexuality, in a small snowy mountain town

pandora is forced to go back to her home town to live with her mom as she fucked up her art studies in the city. is this it, is her art career over before it even started? to make matters worse, during the few years she was away, she had started her transition and now has to return as a girl. how will everyone in this small town react to such thing? what will her mom think? her old best friend? the new people she meets?

follow and guide her through her new and old relationships as she navigates complicated feelings of gender, sexuality and mental illness. and of course, being a horny young lady.

the demo, which is the 1st out of the 6 days of the game, is about 15 minutes of gameplay

full game features:

25k words long and growing

three main endings, including a poly ending

trans positive erotica, themes like consent, bdsm and polyamory are also relevant

all the sexual content is completely optional and not required for any of the romance endings

achievements and an cg gallery

a lot of gay shit

content warnings

includes a lot of swearing, gay sexual content (with the options to skip it all), anxiety and depression themes, transphobic slurs and microaggressions, sex work, use of alcohol and tobacco, talk of gender, dysphoria, drugs and past abusive relationships

credits

character sprites and all the designs, header / splash, that cute cursor and the snowflakes are by DarkChibiShadow

consider supporting me if you like my work! all donations will go towards supporting and feeding my gay & trans life, you can support me on my per-gamepatreon to get access to all my paid content or donate through the itch.io's pay-what-you-want feature! 💕

Comments

**Keep in mind i have only played and rated "Can You Say My Name Again?"**

This game has a very nice soundtrack that fits very well with the theme and mood of each scene which is something that many of these visual novels w/ sound never seem to get right(of course there are exceptions to this as seen here), so all together this already made me fall in love with the game. The ambiant sound is also a very nice added touch, to give a sense of realism to the world you've created. Too many creators fall into the trope of "my characters conversations and actions are the only ones able to be heard", which is a very off-putting feeling for me persnally, so bonus points for the extra mile in immersion.

The coversations, much like in your game "Can You Say My Name Again?" brings your mind into the character's world and makes them feel more like real people. Even some characters that have no real personality like the Ticket man in the beginning, have a sort of depth to them, because they have a more professional tone to their three sentences of dialouge, and even then that goes a long way to build the immersion of this world that Pandora and the others live in. Once again, you have done an amazing job with your script writing, and even so I must give credit where it is due to your editors and proof-readers for expanding the experience as well.

Opposed to "Can You Say My Name Again?", the setting is really built up well here and the pacing is steady for the most part, so good job to you for the improvement! The backgrounds and character arts are beautifully made, and very well done so congratulations for that as well. The addition of adding choices to your games is also very nice.

Overall anther 5 star experience, and this is just a demo.. You haven't ceased to amaze me Nadia. Keep doin what you're doing <3

I was wondering if you're going to continue this game? There hasn't been an update in a while and I just wanted to know since I like the art style and characters and wanted to know if it'll continue (Srry if I'm being rude or anything)

Finally got around to playing this. You've definitely learned some new techniques since your last title and it shows! Other than the art (which I am pretty sure I mentioned is super cute, great work @DarkChibiShadow!) I really love how animated they are, it gives them life compared to other VN's I play. Um... Everything is good really. I love it and can't wait for the full game, best of luck! <3

Gosh, I can already tell this game's gonna make me a mess when the full version will come out. I just got out of three unfruitful game design/prog school years, and going back to bum fuck nowhere at my parent's home with near to no idea what I'm gonna do next with my life, except continue taking AA and desperately waiting for E.